"Kit Kittredge" good, old-fashioned family fare Jun 20, 2008
The ever-observant Kit retreats to her treehouse typewriter to create articles like "Portrait of a Boarding House," which she fearlessly submits to the editor of the Cincinnati Register (Wallace Shawn), eager to jump-start her career in journalism. But she's also a Nancy Drew in the making, and when a wave of "hobo crimes" affects her household, she and her best friends (Madison Davenport and Zach Mills) set out to solve the burglary. (Reuters)
Spunky 'Kit' has kaboodles of charm Jun 20, 2008
She also dreams of being a journalist and marches into the office of a newspaper editor (Wallace Shawn), presenting her articles on a child's view of the Depression and the hobo camp. Though predictable and unabashedly sentimental, the film is a warmly appealing tale of a bright girl bravely navigating tough times. (USA Today -- Life)
Legend Of The Doll Jun 20, 2008
REVIEW: 'KIT KITTREDGE: AN AMERICAN GIRL' VERY SATISFYING - New York Post. ONE of the 10 best American movies re leased so far this year, "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" is the surprisingly satisfying first theatrical film inspired by a long-running series. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
"Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" Jun 20, 2008
And then there's Wallace Shawn as the newspaper editor who gives the ambitious, and somewhat annoying, Kit her first big break. Shawn gets a great entrance -- we hear his voice, and glimpse his antic, rounded silhouette through a frosted glass door, before we see him -- and a charming fillip at the end. (Salon)
'Kit Kittredge' brilliantly captures a bygone era Jun 18, 2008
Her stories fail to rouse the interest of the persnickety editor (Wallace Shawn), but real-life events soon distract Kit from her ambitions ... Starring: Abigail Breslin, Chris O'Donnell, Julia Ormond, Wallace ShawnDirector: Patricia RozemaRun time: 1 hour, 31 minutesMPAA rating: G. (MSNBC -- Movies)
New on DVD: Oscar-nominated 'Atonement' is solid Mar 21, 2008
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, a serious Seann William Scott, Miranda Richardson, Justin Timberlake, Wallace Shawn, Mandy Moore, John Larroquette whoa. Black Widow* * 1/2, 1954, Fox, unrated, $15. (USA Today -- Life)
Accountants in the movies. By Rob Lewis Mar 5, 2008
Nickel and Dime (1991) Buddy comedy in which a heir tracer who hasnt paid his taxes for eight years teams up with a by-the-book certified public accountant played by an actor called Wallace Shawn. I know very little about this one. (Accounting Web, UK)
Leigh rings in the New 'Years' Jan 5, 2008
" The 2005 staging of "Party," which starred Jennifer Jason Leigh, hit $1.3 million at the box office -- a hefty sum for a nonprofit Off Broadway company with a $2.2 million operating budget and an average production cost of about $315,000.Although New Group has found success on Broadway as the original co-producer (with the Vineyard Theater) of "Avenue Q," the troupe's productions of Leigh plays strike a fiscal balance in smaller venues. "He's definitely an acquired taste," Elliott says of... (Variety)
Everything you were afraid to ask about "Southland Tales" Dec 20, 2007
For some reason, Wallace Shawn is dressed like a new-wave Japanese pimp. By the time the film reaches its climax -- which somehow manages to combine modern dance, a floating ice cream truck and the resurrection of Christ -- all semblance of logic has long since evaporated. (Salon)
'Scuse me while i eat this omelette Dec 8, 2007
It was a night to remember for Kaylan, but viewers may find themselves preferring dinner with Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory to dinner with Hendrix, even if the Beatles are at the next table eating chips. Rating 1 - My Dinner with Jimi screens at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto beginning tonight, with Kaylan conducting a Qr the 9:30 p.m. show. (National Post)
As you wish| Nov 26, 2007
Buttercups captors are Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), a genius; Fezzick (Andre the Giant), a colossus and Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), a master swordsman on the trail of a six-fingered man who murdered his father. As the villains and their prisoner make their way across the countryside, they are pursued by a mysterious man in black, who defeats them one after the other before fleeing with Buttercup into the fire swamp. (iAfrica.com)
George W. George, at 87; writer, producer of films and Broadway plays Nov 20, 2007
The film, directed by Louis Malle, consists almost entirely of dialogue between Andr Gregory and Wallace Shawn playing old acquaintances who discuss life, art, and reality over a long dinner at a restaurant. "Andr " opened to little fanfare and sparse audiences. (Boston Globe)
What's new on video Nov 20, 2007
True love eventually triumphs, with the help of idiosyncratic figures played by, among others, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant and Carol Kane. Peter Falk appears as a modern-day grandpa narrating the tale to his sick grandson (Fred Savage). (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Southland Tales Nov 17, 2007
Starring Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Justin Timberlake and Wallace Shawn ... That's as eclectic a mix as the cast, which ranges from Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson and Sarah Michelle Gellar to Wallace Shawn of "My Dinner With Andre" fame. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Southland Tales' is Richard Kelly's epic folly Nov 15, 2007
Then there's the mad scientist (Wallace Shawn) and his fawning assistant (an unbelievably annoying Bai Ling) who - well, do you have a headache yet. Because if so, I've just re-created the overall experience of watching the movie, and saved you $10 in the process. (New York Daily News)
Richard Kelly doesnt give up Nov 14, 2007
Wallace Shawn, who stars as Baron Von Westphalen, describes the film as a dream. . (MSNBC -- News)
Let's Not Do The Time Warp Nov 14, 2007
The most grotesque and unrecognizable is Wallace Shawn, cast as a German baron who unveils his alternate energy source at a party in a dirigible over Los Angeles. Normally, I'd cut a little slack to any movie that quotes something as obscure as Cecil B. DeMille's musical "Madam Satan," as well as scores of better-known movies, from "The Manchurian Candidate" to "Duck Soup.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Incoherent Southland Tales will leave you cold Nov 13, 2007
Along with Moore, other key cast members include Wallace Shawn, Miranda Richardson, Bai Ling, Nora Dunn, Jon Lovitz, Christopher Lambert, John Larroquette, Amy Poehler, Cheri Oteri and Kellys buddy Kevin Smith. People run around the L.A. area and carom off one another like billiard balls as all existence is threatened by the confluence of a new power source called fluid karma, a time-travel experiment and a party aboard a gaudy airship on its maiden voyage. (MSNBC -- Movies)
This Day in History Nov 12, 2007
Birthdays Actor-playwright Wallace Shawn is 64. Rock musician Booker T. Jones (Booker T. Gs) is 63. (Montana Standard, MT)
Click for Full Story Nov 12, 2007
Actor-playwright Wallace Shawn is 64. Singer Brian Hyland is 64. (KWTX.com, TX)
AN 'INCONCEIVABLE' TRUTH Nov 11, 2007
Patinkin's co-stars in the movie, currently ranked No. 148 on the Internet Movie Database's list of the top films of all time, included Robin Wright Penn, Christopher Guest, Chris Sarandon, Cary Elwes, Wallace Shawn and, in a surprisingly touching role, the late wrestling superstar Andre The Giant, who almost caused Patinkin to pass out on first sighting ... In a movie filled with quotable phrases, including Wallace Shawn's "Inconceivable!" and Billy Crystal's "Have fun storming the castle!"... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Cast Climbs Beanstalk Aug 2, 2007
Princess Bride actor Wallace Shawn will play the pawnbroker who sells Jack his magic beans. Gilbert Gottfried will play a goose that lays golden eggs. (IGN FilmForce)
"Princess Bride": 20 years later Jul 25, 2007
Before the wedding, Buttercup is kidnapped by a trio of outlaws: the short Sicilian criminal genius Vizzini (Wallace Shawn), the expert Spanish swordsman Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), and the enormous and mighty Turk Fezzik (Andr the Giant). A masked man in black follows them across the sea and up the Cliffs of Insanity, so Vizzini orders Inigo to stop him. (Xinhuanet, China)
Vanessa Redgrave Jul 7, 2007
Based on the play by Wallace Shawn ("My Dinner With Andre"), the movie follows a privileged Englishwoman cut down by illness while traveling through a war-stricken country. The ensuing discomfort leads her on a guilt-ridden voyage of self-discovery in which she reflects on the privileges of her own life in comparison to the poverty that exists elsewhere. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
The rat stuff Jun 29, 2007
As he tells us in the opening voice-over (by comedian Patton Oswalt, who sounds like a young Wallace Shawn), he's a rodent who aspires to rise above his scavenging relatives. While his brother and father are happy to eat anything they can steal, Remy, inspired by a famous chef named Auguste Gusteau, author of the book Anyone Can Cook, aspires to culinary artistry. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Dinner and a movie still a classic date Jun 13, 2007
In a fantasy for movie buffs, Barry Levinson featured a scene about this dilemma on his 1990s TV series Homicide: Life on the Street in which a theater projectionist played by Wallace Shawn serves sedative-laden popcorn to an overly talkative and noisy-with-the wrappers moviegoer. The scene was shot at Baltimore's Senator Theater, built in 1939, and you can still see movies there today. (The Clarion-Ledger)
City's cultural collaborators (Kelly Jane Torrance) Jun 8, 2007
Intellectual celebrities, such as actor and playwright Wallace Shawn, dotted the mingling crowd. This celebration of serious fiction didn't take place in New York, the country's publishing capital, however -- it was right here in the District. (Washington Times)
Leslie Gray Streeter's blog May 24, 2007
Alaina: Her screamy, shticky yell through the Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready To Make Nice" reminded me of the late Andre The Giant's line to Wallace Shawn in "The Princess Bride" - "I don't think it means what you think it means.". Lakisha: I am still scandalized by Paris Bennett's complete misinterpretation of my favorite song, "Midnight Train To Georgia," because she seemed to think it was happy. (The Palm Beach Post)
Cocktail Chatter: NBA Playoffs Edition: May 10, 2007
Conversation stopper: "Yes, but what about Wallace Shawn in My Dinner With Andre? Talk about an impact performer!". Eastern Conference semifinals: Cavaliers vs. Nets. (Slate)
See you later, alligator... bring on the skaters Apr 8, 2007
Prick up your Ears (110 mins, 15) Directed by Stephen Frears; starring Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Julie Walters ... Gary Oldman is uncannily accurate as Orton, Alfred Molina is unendearingly sad as his jealous lover Kenneth Halliwell, and there are lovely performances from Wallace Shawn as Lahr and Vanessa Redgrave as famed literary agent Peggy Ramsay. (The Observer)
How I turned my novel into a play Feb 18, 2007
The old Phoenix Theater in New York gave it a wonderful public reading, with Wallace Shawn and 24 other actors playing the 25 parts. There was a good deal of interest in mounting a regular production, but before I could complete the required revisions, the Phoenix (perhaps at the prospect of doing a play with two dozen roles) went bankrupt. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Stage heavies in a new light Feb 18, 2007
One of them, Wallace Shawn, urged her to contact Pendleton. "At first, I didn't want to do it," Pendleton said. (Boston Globe -- Living)
John Lahr on Alan Ball and Wallace Shawn Feb 14, 2007
SIGHT UNSEEN Alan Ball and Wallace Shawn on denial ... The unseen or, more precisely, the poor, to whose plight we repeatedly blind ourselves is also the subject of Wallace Shawn s ninety-minute political meditation The Fever (in revival at the Acorn, under the direction of Scott Elliott). (New Yorker)
Review: Wish I Could Be There Feb 10, 2007
After William Shawn's death, Cecille stopped visiting the Delaware institution where Mary lives, and as time went on her younger son (Allen's elder brother is the playwright and actor Wallace Shawn) found himself incapacitated by fear at the prospect of doing so. "I drove halfway there two years ago but made it only as far as the border of New Jersey." The book approaches its end with a renewed attempt to reach Mary. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Fast Chat: Wallace Shawn Jan 27, 2007
January 28, 2007 Wallace Shawn, the beloved character actor and formidable playwright ("Aunt Dan and Lemon," "The Designated Mourner") is back Off-Broadway with a revival of his 1990 monologue "The Fever.". Met back then with confusion and outright dismissal, by some, as a recitation of "liberal guilt" -- even as it was winning one of Shawn's two Obie Awards - the piece, running through March 3 at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre, seems almost scarily relevant now. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
A somewhat fractured fairy tale Jan 9, 2007
Munk (Wallace Shawn) and Mambo (Andy Dick) are a bumbling pig and cat, respectively. Munk takes his job seriously, but Mambo is bored with the predictable nature of fairy tales and wants to see things shaken up. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Reviews: 'Freedom Writers,' 'The Cleaner' Jan 8, 2007
The wizard's diminutive assistants (Wallace Shawn and Andy Dick), who help keep control of the story lines in Fairy Tale Land, are bored silly watching Sleeping Beauty and Rumplestiltskin do the same things over and over. That is, until the power-hungry evil stepmother (Sigourney Weaver), who's tired of happy endings herself, takes control and turns everything upside down. (WNBC.com, NY)
A salute to gnomes Jan 8, 2007
Trouble ensues when the wizard suddenly goes on vacation to Scotland, leaving the oddly named and even more oddly animated Mambo (Andy Dick) and Munk (Wallace Shawn) to watch over things. Mambo and Munk, who might be a possum and a warthog, have the unformed smoothness of balls of Play-Doh, in contrast to the more detailed-looking characters who inhabit the rest of the movie. (National Post)
Send-up of fairy tales borders on grim Jan 7, 2007
" Too much information coming: For kids who love their fairy tales pure, beware of the Giant from "Jack and the Beanstalk" squishing Jack under foot, Rapunzel falling out of her tower, and Rumplestiltskin stealing the baby after all. All this is done as cartoonish comedy, but still ... The central plot of "Happily N'Ever After" has promise: Rick (Freddie Prinze Jr.), a lowly servant to the handsome but moronic Prince (Patrick Warburton), is in love with Ella, aka Cinderella (Sarah Michelle... (The Standard-Times, MA)
Unhappy ending Jan 7, 2007
When the wizard (George Carlin) goes golfing in Scotland, the squabbling of his bumbling assistants Mambo and Munk (Wallace Shawn and Andy Dick) attracts the attention of Cinderella's evil stepmother (Weaver). She decrees there will be no more happy endings: Rumpelstiltskin will take the baby, the wolf will eat the pigs, etc. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
No reason to believe in 'Happily N'Ever After' Jan 7, 2007
The wizard who oversees the happy-ending machinery (voiced by George Carlin, not given nearly enough to do) goes on vacation, leaving in charge his sorcerer's apprentices, dutiful Munk (Wallace Shawn) and mischievous Mambo (Andy Dick). They gum up the works and suddenly all the fairy tales are ending miserably, which is fine for the Wicked Stepmother (Sigourney Weaver), who has always lusted for power. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Movie Review: Happily N'Ever After Jan 7, 2007
That leaves his trouble-prone assistants -- Munk the Pig (Wallace Shawn) and Mambo the Foxlike Something-or-Other (Andy Dick) -- bored. They're tired of Sleeping Beauty waking to her handsome prince and Jack outsmarting the beanstalk giant all the time. (Teen Hollywood)
'Shrek'? It's not even 'Hoodwinked' Jan 7, 2007
Hoodwinked came out a year ago it felt like a poor man's Shrek. Guess that makes Happily N'Ever After a poor man's Hoodwinked. (The Morning Star)
Animated fairy-tale spoof bites the poison apple Jan 7, 2007
Andy Dick and Wallace Shawn voice the two stooges who inadvertently let the wicked stepmother (a frustrated femme fatale voiced by Sigourney Weaver) rewrite the stories to suit her unimaginatively ornery stereotype. All it lacks is wit, character and laughs. (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
Fairy tale 'N'ever' clicks Jan 6, 2007
Another cast standout is Andy Dick as Mambo, the mischievous varmint who serves as assistant to the Wizard along with the more obedient Munk, a cuddly boar (Wallace Shawn). They join forces with Ella. (Philadelphia Daily News)
This fairy tale is cold porridge Jan 6, 2007
He's assisted by two bumbling assistants, a pig named Munk (Wallace Shawn) and a rather spastic cat (Andy Dick). The wizard leaves the two in charge of a magic staff and the aforementioned scales. (Denver Post)
Happily N'Ever After Jan 5, 2007
Cast Andy Dick, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Patrick Warburton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Wallace Shawn. Written By Robert Moreland. (Houston Chronicle)
Fairy tale lacks charm Jan 5, 2007
Fairy Tale Land goes kablooey when wicked stepmom Frieda learns that the Wizard (George Carlin) is on holiday and his helpers, the piggish Munk (Wallace Shawn) and the bat-like (or Chihuahua-like. Mambo (Andy Dick), have bumbled their duties. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
Happily N'Ever After: A journey to the land of loud filler Jan 5, 2007
He leaves things in the hands of his two helpers, Munk (Wallace Shawn) and Mambo (Andy Dick). They screw up. (Winnipeg Sun)
Happily N'Ever After Jan 4, 2007
Cast Patrick Warburton, Wallace Shawn, Andy Dick, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar. Directed by Paul J. Bolger. (San Jose Mercury News -- Entertainment)
Happily NEver After is a bad Shrek clone Jan 4, 2007
The wizards diminutive assistants (Wallace Shawn and Andy Dick), who help keep control of the story lines in Fairy Tale Land, are bored silly watching Sleeping Beauty and Rumplestiltskin do the same things over and over. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Movies)
